By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 By one count there are over 700 references to water in the Bible. The first mention, Genesis 1:2, describes the water-covered early earth, swathed in darkness,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Those who understand weather events to the point of being able to explain them are far more likely to enjoy those events. This statement also applies…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Some of the most familiar and plentiful things in our experience are also some of the most underappreciated. Water falls into that category. The surface of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Driving along Interstate 80 on the return trip to the Midwest from my brother’s funeral services, a Christian Aid Ministries roadside billboard stood out starkly: “After…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 On November 17, 2011 I posted “System Breakdown,” detailing the idea that the breakdown of even one of the many hundreds of systems of our body…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Historical Old Testament figure Job received fascinating lessons in meteorology from the youthful Elihu in Job 36-37. The lessons followed Elihu’s more serious commentary in earlier…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 As a science educator I was called upon, to the best of my ability, to make my subject matter accessible and interesting, even fascinating. Because of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 What is the meaning of the Theology of Creation? A large body of literature exists on this topic. Creation and creationism is often conflated with a…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Light banter about the weather is a common sequel to our friendly greetings when we encounter a neighbor. In our region the light banter has become…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 The paradigm of “No Death before the Fall” of Adam and Eve has become one of the bedrock tenets of the belief in a young earth…